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Will the U.S. negotiate in the same manner with China? | Absolutely. Great respect for China. Great respect for the leadership of China. Absolutely. | Clear Reply | false |
. What other political leverage can you bring to bear to help move a bill in the House? | Well, we've got an economic report that shows that our economy would be a trillion dollars stronger if we get immigration reform done. We've got evidence that our housing market would be stronger if immigrants are in a situation in which, having paid a fine, having paid back taxes, that they now have the ability to act... | Clear Reply | false |
How Estonia can help resolve this issue more quickly. | ——to work on our 3-percent requirement, and at the same time, assure Members of Congress that in loosening the visa waiver issue, or changing the visa waiver issue, that we'll still be able to protect our country from people who would exploit the Visa Waiver Program to come to our country to do harm. And that process i... | Ambivalent | false |
Why were you so definitive? | So the point is, Ed, not that my assessment of the 215 program has changed in terms of technically how it works. What is absolutely clear to me is that given the public debate that's taken place and the disclosures that have taken place over the last several months, that this is only going to work if the American peopl... | Ambivalent | false |
Do you still think that the last thing Putin wants is a Cold War? | The answer is that I think he still does not want any full-blown war, number one.Number two, do I think he'll test the west, test the United States and NATO as significantly as he can? Yes, I think he will. But I think he'll pay a serious and dear price for it that he doesn't think now will cost him what it's going to ... | Clear Reply | false |
What in the next 2 years do you intend to do differently to change people's opinion of the direction of the country, particularly as you contemplate a run for President in 2024? | Nothing, because they're just finding out what we're doing. The more they know about what we're doing, the more support there is.Do you know anybody who wants us to get rid of the change we made on prescription drug prices and raise prices again? Do you know anybody who wants us to walk away from building those roads a... | Clear Reply | false |
Advising Trump's advisers on dealing with Vladimir Putin: | Well, a couple of things. Number one, I think it is in America's interests and the world's interests that we have a constructive relationship with Russia. That's been my approach throughout my Presidency. Where our interests have overlapped, we've worked together. At the beginning of my term, I did what I could to enco... | Ambivalent | false |
Allies' interest in standing with the administration in taking action against forced labor imposed by the Communist Party. | Yes, we don't want to see that. We've been very strong on that. We're getting reports in. Over the next 2 or 3 days, we'll know very accurately what the story is, and we'll then take action one way or the other.Go ahead.World Trade Organization/-U.S. Trade | Ambivalent | false |
Is ASEAN ready for the more advanced role in world affairs the U.S. would like to see it play? | I have not--I've been out of town, so I'm just seeing the press reports. I have not had a full briefing on Israel's intentions and what they've communicated to our administration. But this kind of activity is never helpful when it comes to peace negotiations. And I'm concerned that we're not seeing each side make the e... | Clear Reply | false |
The reason behind the decision to greenlight the F-16s and the exigency that demands these planes. | Well, I'll tell you exactly when they're going to move, exactly where they're going to go. He told me—[]—come on. God love you. I'm going to—even if I knew precisely, you think I'm going to tell you what they're going to do in terms of their offensive? | Ambivalent | false |
Do you believe that the previous administration sanctioned torture? | I believe that waterboarding was torture. And I think that the--whatever legal rationales were used, it was a mistake.Mark Knoller [CBS Radio]. | Ambivalent | false |
Is the figure of $200 million accurate? | No, yes, no, yes. [] Next question. [] I haven't— phew, man. You obviously haven't asked a question in a long time. It was like, you know, one, I haven't seen the final budget. Two, as Donnie Evans said, who is the chairman of the foundation, we'll look at the disclosure requirements and make a decision. Here's the—wel... | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Will you be kind enough to release at least two before 2020 to enable the country to tackle the situation in the country? | Well, I would like to visit Nigeria. I'd like very much to visit Nigeria. It's an amazing country. And in certain ways, I hear from the standpoint of the beauty of a country, there's no country more beautiful. So I would like to. And the first part of your question, I couldn't hear what you were saying. Go ahead. | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Were you disappointed with that message? | I—as I say, I look forward to—if those are, in fact, his comments, I look forward to having him clarify those, because when I visited with him, he understands that it's in the world's interest to make sure that does not have the capacity to make a nuclear weapon. And that's why on—in the first round at the U.N., he joi... | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Are you afraid to mention Hugo Chavez's name? | I've come to South America and Central America to advance a positive, constructive diplomacy that is being conducted by my Government on behalf of the American people.My message to the people in our neighborhood is that we care about the human condition and that we believe the human condition can be improved in a varie... | Ambivalent | false |
Inquiry about whether the speaker believes a person will return to a $4 trillion deal. | I think Speaker Boehner has been very sincere about trying to do something big. I think he'd like to do something big. His politics within his caucus are very difficult, you're right. And this is part of the problem with a political process where folks are rewarded for saying irresponsible things to win elections or ob... | Ambivalent | false |
Would you strongly discourage Israel from going after Iran militarily? | I have made it very clear to all parties that the first option ought to be to solve this problem diplomatically. And the best way to solve it diplomatically is for the United States to work with other nations to send a focused message, and that is, that you will be isolated and you will have economic hardship if you co... | Ambivalent | false |
How realistic do you think the hopes for peace between Israel and Palestinians are now, given the likelihood of a Prime Minister who's not fully signed up to a two-state solution and a Foreign Minister who has been accused of insulting Arabs? | It's not easier than it was, but I think it's just as necessary. We don't yet know what the Israeli Government is going to look like, and we don't yet know what the future shape of Palestinian leadership is going to be comprised of. What we do know is this: That the status quo is unsustainable; that it is critical for ... | Ambivalent | false |
If not, how do you make the case to the American people that this bailout will work, when the last one didn't? | Again, Helene--and I'm trying to avoid preempting my Secretary of the Treasury, I want all of you to show up at his press conference as well; he's going to be terrific. But--this relates to Jake's earlier question--one of my bottom lines is whether or not credit is flowing to the people who need it. Is it flowing to ba... | Ambivalent | false |
The question is asking for information about the retirement age. | I'm not going to get into specifics. As I said, Jake, everything that you mentioned are things that we have discussed. But what I'm not going to do is to ask for even--well, let me put it this way: If you're a senior citizen and a modification potentially costs you a hundred or 200 bucks a year more or--even if it's no... | Ambivalent | false |
Do you now think that President-elect Trump is qualified to be President? | Okay. Athena, without copping out, I think it's fair to say that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on every appointment that the President-elect starts making if I want to be consistent with the notion that we're going to try to facilitate a smooth transition.Look, the people have spoken. Donald Trump will ... | Ambivalent | false |
When can you guarantee that every single American who needs a test will be able to have a test? | Yes, no, I don't take responsibility at all, because we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time. It wasn't meant for this kind of an event with the kind of numbers that we're talking about. And what we've done is redesigned it very quickly with th... | Ambivalent | false |
Are you satisfied with Vice President Harris' work on voting rights? | Yes, and yes. | Clear Reply | false |
How does China see its own position and role in international affairs as it further develops? | Thank you for your question. There are very wide areas where China and the United States need to and can cooperate with each other. And as the international situation continues to experience complex, fluid, and profound changes, there will be even more areas where our two countries need to work together.In recent years... | Clear Reply | false |
Are you going to impose a requirement that the financial institutions use this money to loosen up credit and make new lending? | Again, Helene--and I'm trying to avoid preempting my Secretary of the Treasury, I want all of you to show up at his press conference as well; he's going to be terrific. But--this relates to Jake's earlier question--one of my bottom lines is whether or not credit is flowing to the people who need it. Is it flowing to ba... | Clear Non-Reply | false |
How can you bridge the gap between wanting sanctions completely off and wanting more on denuclearization? | With time. It will be bridged, I think, at a certain point. But there is a gap. We have to have sanctions. And he wants to denuke, but he wants to just do areas that are less important than the areas that we want. We know that—we know the country very well, believe it or not. We know every inch of that country. And we ... | Ambivalent | false |
Do you still believe that Al Qaida has been decimated? | What I said in the same National Defense University speech back in May that I referred to earlier is that core Al aida is on its heels, has been decimated. But what I also said was that Al aida and other extremists have metastasized into regional groups that can pose significant dangers.And I'd refer you back to that s... | Clear Reply | false |
Do you think that there will be anyone else who leaves your Cabinet after the election, sir? | So, if we have the success—I think we have a silent majority, the likes of which has never been seen before—I think you read about it—where 62 percent of the people say they're not even telling the truth on polling and where the polling is fake; you know, where they do registered voters and where they do many more Demo... | Ambivalent | false |
Concrete actions and impact of the detention of Ovidio Guzmán in relation to fentanyl | Very well. We did speak about migration in a very broad manner. Of course, there is cooperation with the U.S. administration. And at the same time, we have a commitment to protect migrants.What President Biden has proposed is absolutely true. If migrants cross our country—and, in some cases, they also go through other ... | Ambivalent | false |
Mr. President, do you intend or are you willing to sit down with Kim Jong Un if Americans are still being held in North Korea? And will you insist on other tangible concessions from the North Koreans in return for gestures like sending a potential future Secretary of State to North Korea? | Thank you, Mark, very much. The fact is that they do have three prisoners. We have been talking about them. We are negotiating now. We are doing our very best. As you know, they've been there a long time, and it's harsh treatment. We fought very hard to get Otto Warmbier back. And when we came back, he was in very, ver... | Ambivalent | false |
Can you respond to my question? | Excuse me, I'm not responding to you. I'm talking to this gentleman. Will you please sit down? | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Whether the President will try to block that or allow them to have his tax returns | Well, look, as I have told you, they're under audit. They have been for a long time. They're extremely complex. People wouldn't understand them. They're done by among the biggest and best law firms in the country. Same thing with the accounting firms. The accountants are—a very, very large, powerful firm, from the stan... | Clear Reply | false |
What do you make of that? | Oh, I don't believe that. I don't believe that.I don't believe—well, I don't know. Why do I have my highest poll numbers ever with African Americans? Why do I have among the highest poll numbers with African Americans? I mean, why do I have my highest poll numbers? That's such a racist question.Honestly, I mean, I know... | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Asking both leaders about their views on the way ahead on the issue of climate change. | Well, first of all, I think it is the existential threat to humanity: climate change. It's the most serious problem we face as human beings. We have to keep it below 1.5 degrees Celsius. We've made enormous progress here in the United States on dealing with this issue by doing three things.Number one, by insisting that... | Clear Reply | false |
What reassurances, if any, can you give the American people that you are not looking to profit off the Presidency? | Well, I'll tell you what: I've spent—and I think I will, in a combination of loss and opportunity, probably, it will cost me anywhere from three to five billion dollars to be President. And the only thing I care about is this country. Couldn't care less. Otherwise, I wouldn't have done it.People have asked me, What do ... | Clear Reply | false |
Message on Syria: | Yes. | Ambivalent | false |
How far can the relationship between Greece and foreign financial institutions last? | Well, you're right that it—you can't entirely compare between the United States and Greece for a range of reasons, not just because of the size of the economy We went through a very severe contraction We were losing 800,000 jobs a month when I came into office In fact, the economy was contracting faster than it did dur... | Clear Reply | false |
Do you still think Hillary Clinton will be the nominee? | I'm not talking about politics. | Clear Non-Reply | false |
What is the President's answer to this question? | Well, to the second, we'll have to see. I don't think I'm going to exactly play that card. But we'll have to see. If the sanctions don't work, we'll have to go phase two. And phase two may be a very rough thing. May be very, very unfortunate for the world. But hopefully the sanctions will work. We have tremendous suppo... | Ambivalent | false |
Is it necessary to deal with Iranian directly? | Am I going to meet with the Iranians directly, is that the question? | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Mr. Prime Minister, should we interpret your allusion to new trade talks between your minister and Mr. Lighthizer to mean that you are now open to negotiating a bilateral trade deal between the United States and Japan? | Thank you, Mark, very much. The fact is that they do have three prisoners. We have been talking about them. We are negotiating now. We are doing our very best. As you know, they've been there a long time, and it's harsh treatment. We fought very hard to get Otto Warmbier back. And when we came back, he was in very, ver... | Ambivalent | false |
Requesting information about Holder. | Mr. Prime Minister, just excuse me, you're right, I have complete confidence in Eric Holder as Attorney General. He's an outstanding Attorney General and does his job with integrity, and I expect he will continue to do so. Okay?. You are talking about the part of the glass which is empty. I like to look at things with ... | Clear Reply | false |
What assurances do you have that providing F-16s won't escalate this war? | I have a flat assurance from the—from Zelenskyy that they will not—they will not use it to go on and move into Russian geographic territory. But wherever Russian troops are within Ukraine in the area, they would be able to do that.Thank you all very, very much. Appreciate it. | Clear Reply | false |
If you do meet Kim Jong Un at the DMZ tomorrow, would you step across the border into North Korea? | Sure I would. I would. I'd feel very comfortable doing that. I would have no problem.With respect to China basically we agreed today that we were going to continue the negotiation—which I ended a while back—and we're going to continue the negotiation. We agreed that I would not be putting tariffs on the $325 billion th... | Clear Reply | false |
Shouldn't the Iranian regime know that there are consequences? | I answered the question, Chuck, which is that we don't yet know how this is going to play out. Okay?Jake Tapper [ABC News]. | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Message for President Moon regarding inter-Korean cooperation and sanctions. | Well, I like President Moon very much. We have a great relationship. Believe it or not, I have a great relationship with almost every leader. A lot of people find that hard to understand, but I do. But some take advantage of our country like you wouldn't believe. And when they know I know it—which I know in every case—... | Clear Reply | false |
Can you comment on the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Mansur and on Pakistan's concern about that strike happening on its soil? | So, first of ll, on TPP, Angel, I hven't been round s long s Sentors Crper or Secretry Kerry, but I've spent enough tie in the Sente to know tht every trde del is pinful, becuse folks re lwys seeing if they cn get n even better del. And especilly when you hve ultiple prties involved, folks re going to be scrutinizing i... | Ambivalent | false |
To North Korea, is there a possibility of U.S. military action? | Well, I think it's very sad. I look at what's happened, and it's a very, very sad thing. Who has ever heard of anything like this? Abducted by a hostile country for purposes of language, for purposes of—could be any number of another reasons. We'll see what happens in terms of the ultimate conclusion.But I did put it i... | Ambivalent | false |
What should Americans expect from Congress as it relates to abortion rights after the midterms? | I don't think they can expect much of anything other than, we're going to maintain our positions.I'm not going to get into more questions. I shouldn't even have answered your question. | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Not meeting with the family of Jacob Blake. | Well, I spoke with the pastor—a wonderful man—the family's pastor. And I thought it would be better not to do anything where there are lawyers involved. They wanted me to speak, but they wanted to have lawyers involved, and I thought that was inappropriate, so I didn't do that. But I did speak with the pastor of the fa... | Clear Reply | false |
Does that mean that you expect the Chinese company to pay the U.S. Treasury directly or are you talking about—[inaudible]? | Either way. Whether it's Microsoft or somebody else, or if it was the Chinese, what the price is, the United States could—should get a very large percentage of that price because we're making it possible. Without us—you know, I use the expression, It's like the landlord and the tenant. And without the lease, the tenant... | Ambivalent | false |
Will you meet with Rouhani? | Excuse me? | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Should the U.S.—and with the tools you have—investigate his joint acquisition of Twitter with foreign governments, which include the Saudis? | [] I think that Elon Musk's cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at. Whether or not he is doing anything inappropriate, I'm not suggesting that. I'm suggesting that it's worth being looked at. And—but that's all I'll say. | Ambivalent | false |
What can you do? | Yes. | Ambivalent | false |
Would you be willing to go along with an increase in gasoline taxes of 5 cents a gallon or more? | First of all, Secretary Peters is gathering information and will report to the White House and report to the Nation about what she finds about whether there are any structural design flaws that may be applicable to other bridges. She's in the process of gathering this information now.The American people need to know th... | Ambivalent | false |
Given the results, who do you think speaks to the true voice of the American people right now, you or John Boehner? | I think that there is no doubt that people's number-one concern is the economy. And what they were expressing great frustration about is the fact that we haven't made enough progress on the economy. We've stabilized the economy, we've got job growth in the private sectors, but people all across America aren't feeling t... | Ambivalent | false |
What is the criticism of your successor? | Ah. Look, I've said before, President Bush could not have been more gracious to me when I came in. And my intention is to, certainly for the next 2 months, just finish my job. And then, after that, to take Michelle on vacation—[]—get some rest, spend time with my girls, and do some writing, do some thinking. So I want ... | Ambivalent | false |
Has the White House been involved in those negotiations? | Yes, we have been involved And this is a short-term deal, because we think, ultimately, block grants going to the States is going to be the answer That's a very good solution We think it's going to not only save money, but give people much better health care with a very, very much smaller premium spike—and you look at ... | Clear Reply | false |
Pointing out the President's previous praise for China in January regarding their transparency about the coronavirus. | I'm always respectful of China. | Ambivalent | false |
Does the current debate constitute grounds for divorce?\n | Interesting way to put it. First of all, I think they're patriotic people who care about our country—back to Hutch's penetrating comment—or question. I do. I was very appreciative of the reception I got at the State of the Union. It was a cordial, respectful reception that gave me a chance to talk about what I believe.... | Ambivalent | false |
What's the big deal about having a short phone call with the President of Taiwan? | Well, that's a great question. I'm somewhere in between. I think all of our foreign policy should be subject to fresh eyes. I think one of the—I've said this before—I am very proud of the work I've done. I think I'm a better President now than when I started. But if you're here for 8 years in the bubble, you start seei... | Clear Reply | false |
Possibility of Huawei being removed from the entity list | I don't want to talk about it now. I mean we're looking at that very carefully. Huawei is very much in play in terms of our country and in terms of intelligence and the intelligence community. We know a lot about Huawei. But I don't want to mention that right now. I just think it's inappropriate.I will say that we're n... | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Orders issued on a specific day. | Ed, I will put forward every bit of information that we have. I can tell you that immediately upon finding out that our folks were in danger, that my orders to my national security team were: Do whatever we need to do to make sure they're safe. And that's the same order that I would give any time that I see Americans a... | Clear Reply | false |
Why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left? | Well, I'm not. I don't know what you consider to be too far to the left if, in fact, we're talking about making sure that we had the money for COVID, making sure we had the money to put together the bipartisan infrastructure, and making sure we were able to provide for those things that, in fact, would significantly re... | Ambivalent | false |
Allies' concerns and messages | Yes. Just the opposite of concern. They actually—and they'll probably come out with a little bit of an edict—but they actually thanked me for meeting with President Putin. I look forward to the meeting. They thanked me. They thought it was a great thing that I was doing it. And they gave us our best wishes, or their be... | Ambivalent | false |
What does the decision to nominate Senator Max Baucus as Ambassador to China say about the hopes for a major tax bill in the President's second term? | It says that Max Baucus is going to be an outstanding Ambassador to China, and I'd like a swift confirmation. And my expectation and hope is, is that if both the Senate Democrats—or if Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate are serious about tax reform, then it's not going to depend on one guy, it's goin... | Clear Reply | false |
Given the goals of this conference and the goals of your administration on nuclear policy, why does it appear as if Pakistan is playing by a different set of rules? | I don't think 's playing by a different set of rules. I think we've been very clear to , as we have been to every country, that we think they should join the NPT. I have actually seen progress over the last several years with respect to 's nuclear security issues.I want to lower tensions throughout South Asia when it c... | Ambivalent | false |
Have you been realistic about the strategy and what's possible? | Well—thank you for the followup—nothing has changed in the new room. Anyway—yes. I mean, as I told you last November, right about this time, I was part of that group of Americans who didn't approve of what was taking place in Iraq, because it looked like all the efforts that we had taken to that point in time were abou... | Clear Reply | false |
The journalist's question inaudible. | I'll answer the last question, since I didn't hear any of it. I didn't understand a word of it, so I'll answer it. [][] Can we take care of it? [] No, look, the United States makes no apology—and I make no apologies, since I wrote it for—the legislation you're talking about.But there are occasions when you write a mass... | Ambivalent | false |
Assessing the trustworthiness of Donald Trump with America's nuclear weapons. | On your second question—and I'll sort of address this to any additional Trump questions—[]—I would ask all of you to just make your own judgment. I've made this point already multiple times. Just listen to what Mr. Trump has to say and make your own judgment with respect to how confident you feel about his ability to m... | Clear Non-Reply | false |
Concerns about the lack of unity among European allies regarding sanctions against Russia and the potential loss of leverage over Vladimir Putin. | Well, because he's never seen sanctions like the ones I promised will be imposed if he moves, number one.Number two, we're in a situation where Vladimir Putin is about to—we've had very frank discussions, Vladimir Putin and I. And the idea that NATO is not going to be united, I don't buy. I've spoken to every major NAT... | Ambivalent | false |
Can I ask you a question, please? | ——ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Appreciate it. | Ambivalent | false |
Willingness to work with Iran in a way that allows negotiations in Iraq, even if they don't participate in the P-3 and P-5 negotiations? | Jessica, Iran has a chance to come to the table with the United States to discuss a variety of issues. And the way forward is one that I had made clear at previous press conferences, and that is, if they would verifiably stop their enrichment, the United States will be at the table with them. In the meantime, they unde... | Ambivalent | false |
How far can the Greek economy go with its reform programs without any discussion of debt relief? | Well, you're right that it—you can't entirely compare between the United States and Greece for a range of reasons, not just because of the size of the economy We went through a very severe contraction We were losing 800,000 jobs a month when I came into office In fact, the economy was contracting faster than it did dur... | Ambivalent | false |
Is there a single policy you'd keep in place? | Well, not too many, I must say. It's the opposite side of the spectrum. | Clear Reply | false |
Is James Baker wrong in suggesting that it's important to talk to adversaries, similar to the way the United States talked to the Soviet Union during the Cold War? | Let me start with Iran. We made it perfectly clear to them what it takes to come to the table, and that is a suspension of their enrichment program. If they verifiably suspend—that they've stopped enrichment, we will come to the table with our EU-3 partners and Russia and discuss a way forward for them. Don, it should ... | Ambivalent | false |
Does the Russian Government have any compromising material on President Trump or his family? | [] President Trump and—well, the posture of President Trump on Crimea is well known, and he stands firmly by it He continued to maintain that it was illegal to annex it We—our viewpoint is different We held a referendum in strict compliance with the UN Charter and the international legislation For us, this issue—we—[in... | Clear Reply | false |
Can a new cold war with China be avoided? | Well, to answer the first part of your question, I absolutely believe there's—need not be a new cold war. We—I've met many times with Xi Jinping, and we were candid and clear with one another across the board. And I do not think there's any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan.And I made it clear that... | Clear Reply | false |
Plans to push for in return | Well look, symbolically, this is important. I'll be the first U.S. President to visit Laos. And when you think about the history of the United States and Laos, I think it's useful to see what's happened in the evolution of our relationship with Vietnam, a country that I just visited recently.At the outset, as we're try... | Clear Reply | false |
What do you believe Vietnam could bring to the table in regard to facilitating negotiations between the United States and North Korea? | On issue, Vietnam is committed to seriously observing all the relevant resolutions of the UNSC, and we support the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. And we'll do our utmost and do whatever we can to contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.Thank you. | Clear Reply | false |
Troubles faced in the office. | All right, let me write this down. [] | Ambivalent | false |
Are they continuing to develop their program? | He said the testing will not start. He said that he's not going to do testing of rockets or missiles or anything having to do with nuclear. And all I can tell you is that's what he said. And we'll see.Yes, go ahead. Please. Go ahead, please. In the back. Red. In the red. | Clear Reply | false |
Did the abduction issue come up? | Yes. | Clear Reply | false |
What about the payment to the Treasury? | Well, we're going to see about that. Amazingly, I find that you're not allowed to do that. You're not allowed to accept—and I said: What kind of a government—what kind of a thing is? If they're willing to make big payments to the Government, they're not allowed, because there's no—there's no way of doing that from a—th... | Ambivalent | false |
Any messages for him? | Sure. First of all, Presidents don't recruit; the people elect a leader with whom I will work. And I had a— I did talk to President-elect Sarkozy; I think it was at about 8:03 Paris time. He won at 8:00, and I called him shortly thereafter. And I'm so grateful he took my phone call. I had met with him before when he ca... | Ambivalent | false |
How would a staged withdrawal of troops from Iraq next year affect the positive view expressed today? | First of all, in terms of whether Sydney is going to return to normal after I leave—or after we leave, I suspect it might, don't you? I don't think this is a permanent condition. I think the great freedom of the city of Sydney is going to return quite rapidly, which is different from other societies in the world.First ... | Ambivalent | false |
Would you ever consider removing the sanctions without significant improvement in the human rights situation? | No. I want significant improvement. I want to know that it won't be happening. And again, once you start that process, there will be a point at which, even though you won't be finished for a while because it can't happen scientifically or mechanically, but you're not going to be able to go back. You know, once we reach... | Clear Reply | false |
What was the initial request from the United States President in relation to the peace process? | The United States has agreed to—with us that the peace process will be led by Afghans, and Afghans will be—will continue this process, and it will be led by Afghans. And this is obvious for us, and we are thankful for the support. . Afghanistan is still a dangerous place. The way it's going to become less dangerous is ... | Ambivalent | false |
What would be a timeline that you would be happy with? | I would say that—yes, we will start distributing it immediately. | Ambivalent | false |
What is your reaction to Scooter Libby's defense team planning to call Vice President Cheney to testify in the ongoing CIA leak case? | I read it in the newspaper today, and it's an interesting piece of news. And that's all I'm going to comment about an ongoing case. I thought it was interesting.Ann [Ann Compton, ABC News]. | Clear Reply | false |
Do you think that the unemployment rate will still be north of 9 percent when you run for reelection? | Well, I don't have a crystal ball, Ben, but I will say this. First of all, we've grown the economy by a million jobs over the last year. So that's pretty noticeable. I think those million people who've been hired notice those paychecks. And that's 10 consecutive months of private sector job growth.In order to speed up ... | Ambivalent | false |
Why did you tell Jeff [Jeff Zeleny, CNN] that you were satisfied with your team? Why are you not willing to make or interested in making any changes, either at the CDC or other agencies, given the fact that the messages have been so confusing? | Well, first of all, the messages, to the extent they've been confusing, is because the scientists—they're learning more. They're learning more about what's needed and what's not needed. And so the fact is that the one piece that has gotten a lot of attention is the communications capacity of the CDC. Well, she came alo... | Ambivalent | false |
What will you tell President Putin about NATO? | Well, I think he's going to see about this summit—this has turned out to be a very successful summit. This is—I think, really, that NATO is more put together right now, is more coordinated. And I think there's a better spirit for NATO right now than perhaps they've ever had. It's richer than it ever was. The commitment... | Ambivalent | false |
Prime Minister, is it a problem for you that some of the things Mr. Trump has said about your Brexit plan are right? It will limit the possibilities of doing trade deals easily in the future. Can you also tell us how it felt for him to criticize you in the way he did in that interview? | Well, maybe I'll go first, because I didn't criticize the I have a lot of respect for the And unfortunately, there was a story that was done, which was generally fine, but it didn't put in what I said about the And I said tremendous things. And fortunately, we tend to record stories now, so we have it for your enjoymen... | Ambivalent | false |
Is the Nobel Prize winner, Obama, waging a drone war via Germany? | Let me see if I understood your question properly. First question was related to policies back home, related to Guantanamo or the death penalty. And then you wanted to talk about drones, or did you just want to focus on the drone question? I just want to make sure that I'm responsive to your question. I guess I ought t... | Ambivalent | false |
Does South Africa play a part in that? | Yes, thank you. I've answered my—the question on the words and terminologies. I will tell you that these are very difficult economic times—very difficult. And we'll let the economists define it for what it is. I would hope that those who worry about recession, slowdown— whatever you want to call it—make the tax cuts pe... | Ambivalent | false |
Are you close to having suspects in custody? | I will leave it at that. But this remains a top priority for us. Anybody who attacks Americans, anybody who kills, tragically, four Americans who were serving us in a very dangerous place, we're going to do everything we can to get those who carried out those attacks.With respect to health care, I didn't simply choose ... | Ambivalent | false |
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